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Friday, February 11, 2011

Cute Tyra from Silverlily likes to sew made this super darling color wheel quilt for her playroom wall. I LOVE it. I think it is sweet to make for a playroom. It is so eye catching. Tyra has a great blog with lots of cute quilt projects. Plus she has a darling etsy shop too... thanks Tyra...

I just finished this color wheel quilt. The pattern is from Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson. When I first perused the book after I'd gotten it about two years ago from the library, I saw this pattern and thought, that is so pretty but there is no way I could make that. I was totally intimidated by the curved pattern. But for some reason we were rearranging our playroom/office/my studio room and I looked at one of the blank walls and thought, this wall needs the Color Wheel quilt. I pulled out the book and read through the pattern again. I thought, well maybe it is doable and since I was starting up with the StashPact2011 group on Flickr I thought this would be the perfect first project to start going through my stash. So I got started on it and once I did, I just fell in love with it. It came together so beautifully and now that its done I LOVE how its warmed up the room with all its bright colors.

I finished the Color Wheel quilt and hung it yesterday. YAY! I took it to the park in hopes to work on it while Asher slept in the stroller and Carver played in the sand (its basically spring time here in California). Doesn't that sound nice? Unfortunately Asher had other ideas and decided that he needed to be held. What's a mama to do? Luckily both boys napped very well that afternoon and I was able to finish up the binding and hang it up.

I love, love, LOVE how it warms up the playroom. (Don't tell but I hung it up with push pins...I know... bad bad bad...But it worked!) I just want to sit and stare at it all day.

It was a fantastic way to utilize the stash and really added some great and needed color to our playroom walls.